Quite often while using MATLAB you will have a number of windows in operation simultaneously.

For example, you might have the MATLAB Command Window, a couple of windows containing M-files you have constructed, at least one window containing graphical output, and even a Microsoft Word window where you have copied output in preparation for the final printed report.

You can reduce an individual window to an icon on the bar at the bottom of the screen, out of the way, and can retrieve it later on. Each window has some grey buttons at the top right-hand corner with symbols on them. If you wish to move a window out of the way temporarily, click on the left button with a ’-’. It can be recalled later by clicking on the corresponding icon on the bar at the bottom of the screen. The centre button increases or decreases the size of the window. The right button, with an ’x’, removes the window totally.

Some windows may get in the way of the icons. We assume you know how to use the mouse button to move windows around the screen.